Windows Phone 7 is slated to receive more than 500 updates when Mango arrives this fall. Among those will be a handful of improvements to the Live Tiles system, which powers the quadrilateral icons on your WP7 smartphone’s home screen. Want some idea how much more is possible with Mango’s Live Tiles? Just check out the […]
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Qualcomm AR platform ready to bring superimposed gaming action to the masses
If the thought of blasting TIE fighters as they flew around your backyard had you in a tizzy, then this news should really excite you. Qualcomm has announced that its augmented reality platform is dropping the beta label and is now ready for prime time development. Apart from its own AR SDK, Qualcomm is also […]
IGDA warns game developers about the perils of Amazon Appstore pricing
The Amazon Appstore for Android offers developers an alternative to the Google Android Market with excellent app discovery tools, Amazon’s top notch user review features, and easy payment tools for customers. But the International Game Developers Association is warning its members to think long and hard before submitting their apps to the Appstore. That’s because […]
Unity for Android lets developers port iOS games to Android with 1 click
Unity is a development platform for creating games and other 3D applications for the web and iOS. Today the company behind Unity released new Android development software — as well as tools that let developers port games from one platform to another with a single click. In other words, if you’ve developed an iOS game […]
I Love Katamari coming to Windows Phone 7
The number of apps and games available for Windows Phone 7 continues to grow. The folks at Windows Phone App List say there are now over 9,000 free and paid titles available from the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. And some top tier mobile games including Angry Birds and Doodle Jump are coming soon. Now it […]